
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.4673
Name	Mycoplasma genitalium Tully et al. 1983
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Tully et al. 1983
Preferred Name	Mycoplasmoides genitalium
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.4673
Type Strain representative organism	G37^T (=G-37 =CIP 103767 =ATCC 33530)


Proper Form	Mycoplasma genitalium Tully et al. 1983
Nomenclatural History	The species Mycoplasma genitalium was originally described and validly published by Tully et al. 1983. In 2018, Gupta et al. established Mycoplasma genitalium as the basonym of Mycoplasmoides genitalium (Tully et al. 1983) Gupta et al. 2018 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Mycoplasma genitalium Tully et al. 1983.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.4673.
Source File	10.1601/nm.4673.xml


This information was last reviewed on September 5, 2018.

References

Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-018-1047-3 [PubMed].
Tully JG, Taylor-Robinson D, Rose DL, Cole RM, Bové JM. Mycoplasma genitalium, a new species from the human urogenital tract. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:387-396. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-33-2-387.